Madalyn Nissen – SAE – Bucke’s Feed & Grain
This is a 45-minute FFA lesson plan built around a video about Madalyn Nissen’s placement SAE at Bucke’s Feed & Grain, a small feed and grain business. Through video-viewing, inventory categorization, and money math worksheets, students learn the tasks involved in a small business SAE, practice calculating sales tax and making change, and create or update an inventory list for their agriculture class. It includes student activity sheets and answer keys for the small business, inventory, and money activities.
At a glance
- Learning objectives
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- Describe the tasks in a small business SAE.
- Calculate and solve sales tax and giving change problems.
- Create or update an inventory list for their agriculture class.
- Time required
- 45 minutes
- Materials
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- A copy of the "All About the Small Business" worksheet for each student
- A copy of the "Inventory" worksheet for each student
- A copy of the "All About the Money" worksheet for each student
- Internet access to play the video in real time or embed it in a PowerPoint ahead of time
- Scissors
- Tape and/or glue
- Calculators
- This Quick Lesson Plan Would Work Well As Part Of
- 1. An SAE lesson/unit. 2. An agribusiness lesson.
- Partnership for 21st Century Skills
- Communication; Initiative and Self-Direction; Leadership and Responsibility
- Resources
- Video: "Madalyn Nissen – SAE – Bucke's Feed & Grain," https://vimeo.com/289989687
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Aligned Standards
AFNR Career Ready Practices
- CRP.04Communicate clearly, effectively, and with reason. Career-ready individuals communicate thoughts, ideas and action plans with clarity, whether using written, verbal and/or visual methods.
- CRP.10Plan education and career path aligned to personal goals. Career-ready individuals take personal ownership of their own educational and career goals, and they regularly act on a plan to attain these goals.
Common Core – Speaking and Listening
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.9-10.1Initiate and participate effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grades 9-10 topics, texts, and issues, building on others' ideas and expressing their own clearly and persuasively.
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.9-10.2Integrate multiple sources of information presented in diverse media or formats (e.g., visually, quantitatively, orally) evaluating the credibility and accuracy of each source.
FFA Precept
- FFA-CS-M.CommunicationEffectively interact with others in personal and professional settings.
- FFA.PG-I.Professional GrowthAssume responsibility for attaining and improving upon the skills needed for career success.
- FFA.PL-A.ActionAssume responsibility and take the necessary steps to achieve the desired results, no matter what the goal or task at hand.
- FFA.PL-C.VisionVisualize the future and how to get there.
- FFA.PL-E.AwarenessUnderstand personal vision, mission and goals.
- FFA.PL-F.Continuous ImprovementAccept responsibility for learning and personal growth.